Especialidades JA/Huellas de animales - Avanzado/Respuestas
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Asociación General
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Destreza: 2 Año de introducción: 2001 |
Requisitos
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Para consejos e instrucciones, véase Huellas de animales.
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Scatology is the study of feces. Scatological studies allow one to determine a wide range of biological information about a creature, including its diet (and thus where it has been), healthiness, and diseases such as tapeworms. Animal feces dries, cools, and decays as it ages, so it can also tell the careful observer how long ago the animal was present. The presence (or absence) and type of insects "feasting" on scat is another important clue to when it was deposited.
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- Scat
- As discussed in the previous requirement, scat can tell many things about an animal.
- Fur, feathers, skin, and antlers
- Animals sometimes leaves bits of themselves behind. Birds drop feathers when they molt, or when they are torn from them by a predator. Egg shells are kicked from nests. Animals catch their fur in trees and thorns. Snakes and other reptiles shed their skin, and deer and moose shed their antlers in the fall after the rut.
- Cuttings
- Cuttings are things such as acorn shells which have been nibbled on. Deer and squirrel often leave them behind.
- Scratches or damage on trees
- Bears, members of the cat family, and other predators will sharpen their claws on tree trunks. Sometimes they will do this to mark their territory. Beavers, natures engineers, extensively rearrange their surroundings to the benefit of other wildlife and sometimes frustration of humans.
- Scent Posts
- Many animals mark their territory by urinating on trees or other prominent items. If you are walking through the woods and smell a strong musky odor, look around — you may find other sign.
- Carcasses
- A half eaten carcass must have been eaten by something! Large predators sometimes eat their meals infrequently, so when they bring down large prey, they will gorge themselves on it to the point where their stomachs will take no more. They will sometimes hide the rest, or rest nearby while they digest what they have eaten, and then come back for more. If you find a half-eaten carcass, be careful - it's owner may be near by and will not want you to disturb it.
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One of the challenges of this requirement is that doing it along an established trail may be somewhat pointless. A large field might make more sense. It could also be completed in an urban area where travel in various directions is very possible but the markers can direct the correct course. On an urban course you can require that the followers provide addresses or record some feature at each turn of the route so you can verify they actually completed the correct path.
It is best if the trail is marked so that each market can be seen from the next, or at least every intersection of trails/roads/paths is clearly marked. Placing the marker a few feet beyond the intersection helps indicate the correct path more clearly.
Referencias
- Categoría: Tiene imagen de insignia
- Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Honors/es
- Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/es
- Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Skill Level 2/es
- Categoría: Libro de respuestas de especialidades JA/Especialidades introducidas en 2001
- Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/General Conference/es
- Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/es
- Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Primary/es
- Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Stage 0/es
- AY Honors/Prerequisite/Animal Tracking/es
- AY Honors/See Also/Animal Tracking/es